Dragoljub Visnjic1, Dragan Martinovic2, Jelena Ilic3, Zivorad Markovic4
1Fakultet sporta i fizičkog vaspitanja, Beograd, Srbija
2Učiteljski fakultet, Beograd
3Republički zavod za sport, Beograd
4Učiteljski Fakultet, Jagodina
EXAMINATION OF ACHIEVEMENT RELATIONS AND MOTIVATION OF 7th GRADE STUDENTS FOR INVOLVEMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES
ISPITIVANJE RELACIJA POSTIGNUĆA I MOTIVACIJE UČENIKA VII RAZREDA ZA ANGAŽOVANJE U NASTAVI FIZIČKOG VASPITANJA
Sport Mont 2010, VIII(23-24), 25-32
The relations of students achievement and motivation for involvement in PE
classes were examined in a sample of 247 seventh-grade elementary school students of
both sexes. The independent variables in the study were: sex, general success of the
previous grade, PE grade, students’ opinion on sufficiency of knowledge acquired
through instruction process, students’ involvement in sport. The scale for measurement
of motivation consisted of 29 items obtained by adaptation of the Scale for measurement
of motives of sports’ achievement. Correlation analysis, multiple regression
analysis and chi square test were preformed. It was established that male students manifested
higher motivation that the females. The assumptions: that females will have
better PE grades that the male students; that students’ success was negatively related
to involvement in sport; that PE grade was connected to involvement in sport; that general
success was negatively related to students’ involvement in PE and that PE grade
is positively related to students’ motivation for involvement in instruction, were not
confirmed. motivation, achievement, physical education
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